Good morning!!

Multiplaza time!! The Multiplaza has a bunch of toy stores that have play centers inside them. We took the girls to about 4 different places to run and play. They made friends wherever there were friends to be made. Sabs is a little bull and just stomps right in with no fear. Pooks is not shy to practice her spanish and just keeps just trying when they dont understand her. We were listening to a conversation she was having with another girl who only spoke spanish and it went as follows:

Sophie: Hola, este es Sophie (this means hi, this is sophie. the correct way to say it is me llamo Sophie).

Other girl: Stare

Sophie: Este es S O P H I E

Other girl: Stare

Sophie; Este es Soooooophie

Other girl: stare and smile

Sophie: (finally satisfied with the smile) Este es mi friend. (this is my friend. What she meant to say is do you want to be my friend).

Girl: stare and smile

Sophie: Este es hide and seek

Other girl: stare and smile

Sophie: One…two…three…(covering eyes)

Other girl: runs and hides

ahhh, the international language of child. Off they went for the next 45 min or so, running, playing hide and seek, and chase. Sophie didn’t give up trying to communicate in spanish. She just chatted away usually starting her sentence with Este es, and then completing it in english. The girl never quite understood but when we got in the car Sophie told me her friend spoke english too. I said oh she did (knowing she didn’t) and she said, yes i told her to hide and she hid (hahahaha). Kids wear their emotions on their sleeves and it is much easier for them to communicate without words. It really is beautiful to watch and also to witness Sophie’s resilience and fearlessness when communicating. She has really been expanding her vocabulary lately and it is all beginning to come together for her. I think this is her year to conquer a bit of this language. Yesterday we went downstairs to leave for the beach and the monkeys were out shaking the trees so we ran back in to get them bananas. Jadyel came out to play and instead of saying, Hey Jadyel look monkeys, Sophie said, Hola Jadyel, monos!! She then said Venga Jadyel (which means come) and a few minutes later she said, Venga aqui Jadyel (which means come here). He understood exactly what she was saying and followed all her little spanish commands. Pretty cool! So now on to some pics 🙂

After a fun filled afternoon we ate some food and then went off to the July 4th celebrations. It was super duper fun! Incredible firework show, dj playing music, kids dancing, and the most fun all…running through the spouting water fountains!

So i have a bunch of videos i need to upload of our little weekend in the city but i’ll start with some pics. We had such a fantastic time! Here are a few days combined b/c I am a bit pressed for time and can’t sort out when we did what. Our journey to SJ was fun and easy. We caught the 5pm (also known as the sunset ferry) and saw a friend from Santa Teresa on the ferry who entertained the girls while chatting with us. Once we got to SJ we rolled straight into Applebees (apple balloon) for some dinner before heading to hotel. The girls got their crayons and balloons so all was good in the world. After dinner we went to the hotel, took some showers, girls did their usual run around the room exploring and we all conked out getting ready for the next day’s adventures.

Good morning…gallo pinto! The girls favorite breakfast is Gallo Pinto at this hotel (rice and beans). They just guzzle it down. This morning they also had pancakes and doughnuts (obviously a win for Sophie).

After breakfast the girls always love to go to the workout room and play with all the machines. Sabs favorite is by far the water cooler. She will just stand there refilling and drinking her water over and over. We always weigh ourselves at this hotel since we dont have a scale so here is a little weight update (for the girls of course)…

Sabs 23 months: 28 pounds

Pookie 5 yrs old: 39 pounds

Next stop the Movies!

We went to see Inside out, or Intensamente in espanol. Both girls sat through the entire movie and loved it. Sabs ate about 1/2 container of popcorn and yelled Bravo when the movie was over b/c everyone was clapping. Ironically our old neighbors from Santa Teresa were sitting right behind us and we had no clue. She has a baby a month older than Sabs (who was not with her) and she said she was staring at Sabs almost the whole time b/c she couldnt believe how she just sat and watched the entire movie. This was actually Sabs 3rd movie.

After movies we played at the playground, jumped on the trampoline, then headed to Indian restaurant for some lunch (and another playground complete with some peacocks), and wrapped up with some gelato (and another playground). Sabs figured out how to climb up the stairs and go down the slide all by herself. She just did this over and over and was so proud of her little self (as she should be). She would yell out WEEEEEE.

Today when the girls wanted to paint, I said SURE, follow me…then set them up with all their goodies in the shower! No muss no fuss. Paint faces, walls, floors, bodies, (everything but paper of course), then turn on the water and wash it all down!

Followed by homemade ice pops!

Oh the indoor/oudoor shower/tico sprinkler provides endless fun. I gave the girls two big bowls filled with soap and some sponges. They said they were going to clean their toy car. That lasted just until they realized they could sit in the bowls and this is what entertained them for the next 15 minutes or so.

Today we picked up some bakery pizza and headed to the beach for a picnic. They are having a huge protest in town and all entry/exit points are blocked to leave the peninsula. We have a flat tire on the car and were planning on going to the gas station to get it fixed while Elaina cleaned the house, but word was the gas station line was insanity b/c everyone was stocking up on gas due to the protest. Anyway, we opted to stay away from the madness, take the quad, relax, and head to the beach. It proved to be the right decision because two horses walked right up and let the girls pet and feed them. Sabsy was so excited, she just kept running back and forth from one to the other and yelling HORSEY!! We had to watch Sabs b/c she really has no fear and gets so excited. She was holding their faces and even leaned in and gave one a kiss. Pookie was busy feeding them grass and creating some imaginary story about their relationship, and how they adored her, and where they came from, and where they’re going, etc…lol. I have some video so I will upload after. It was a magical afternoon.

Oooh how i just adore Jadyel and so do the girls. When we go downstairs he comes running out holding toys that he always hands to each of the girls. He then sits down and waits for them to sit and they all play. He is just the sweetest little thing and I have such a soft spot for him. Sabi can now say Hola Jadyel and Ciao Jadyel. She says it every time she sees him or hears the quad coming home. Sweet peas. Today while they were playing, Sabs pet his head and then gave him a kiss on the cheek. Angel face.